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• Team World beats Team Europe to claim second-straight Laver Cup title

  24-09-2023 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Team World claimed its second straight Laver Cup title on Sunday at Rogers Arena.
  Americans Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe beat Hubert Hurkacz and Andrey Rublev 7-6 (7), 7-6 (7).
  Team World won last year’s tournament, which also marked the end of Swiss star Roger Federer’s last professional appearance before retiring.
  Team World took a 10-2 lead in the tournament on Saturday to put itself in the driver’s seat.
  The opening doubles match on Sunday featured sever
  
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• Debate over pronouns pits parental rights against children's, experts ... - Chilliwack Progress

  24-09-2023 23:51
  
  Debate over pronouns pits parental rights against children's, experts ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Body found in Langley City Park - Chilliwack Progress

  24-09-2023 23:30
  
  Body found in Langley City Park  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Friend, community members remember ‘humble,’ ‘genuine’ Mountie killed in shooting

  24-09-2023 23:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY, B.C. — Brittni Drummond’s three-year old daughter, Rikki, doesn’t understand why her “police officer buddy” has been showing up on television in the last few days.
  Rikki’s friend was Ridge Meadows RCMP Const. Rick O’Brien, who was shot and killed while executing a warrant in Coquitlam, B.C., on Friday.
  “She just pointed him out and said, ‘He’s on the TV? Why?” said Drummond, a mother of two living in nearby Maple Ridge. &
  
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• Stutzle scores twice, Senators open pre-season with 3-2 win over Maple Leafs

  24-09-2023 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Tim Stutzle scored twice as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 Sunday afternoon in the pre-season opener for both teams.
  Brady Tkachuk had the other goal for the Senators. Jake Sanderson chipped in two assists.
  Anton Forsberg made 35 saves in his first game action since suffering medial collateral ligament tears in both knees Feb. 11 in a 6-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers.
  William Lagesson and Alex Steeves scored for Toronto. Keith Petruzzelli made 25 saves on
  
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• Jully Black, Tonya Williams among stars celebrating Black talent at the Legacy Awards

  24-09-2023 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Soap star-turned-activist Tonya Williams says being recognized by Canada’s Black community at Sunday’s Legacy Awards holds special meaning.
  Williams, who gained fame on “The Young and the Restless” and went on to found the Reelworld Screen Institute and the Reelworld Foundation, is this year’s winner of the Visionary Award for her philanthropic work.
  “I started my career in the late ’70s. So you understand where I’m coming from. I u
  
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• Dolphins rout Broncos 70-20, scoring the most points by an NFL team in a game since 1966

  24-09-2023 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins scored the most points in a game by an NFL team since 1966, overwhelming the Denver Broncos 70-20 on Sunday behind rookie speedster De’Von Achane’s 203 yards rushing and Tua Tagovailoa’s no-look shovel-pass TD.
  The Dolphins set a franchise record for scoring and finished two points shy of the NFL’s regular-season record — set in 1966 when Washington scored 72 points against the Giants. They are the fourth team in N
  
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• Springe’r’s inside-the-park homer, diving catch and throw lead Blue Jays over Rays 9-5

  24-09-2023 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — George Springer hit an inside-the-park, three-run homer. made a diving catch and threw out a runner, helping the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-5 on Sunday to take two of three in a series of potential playoff opponents.
  Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered twice, making an impressive bat flip after the second, and Bo Bichette also went deep for the Blue Jays. Toronto began the day leading the second AL wild card by one game over Houston and were 1 1/2 gam
  
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• Canucks will be comfortable family not a dictatorship, says new captain Quinn Hughes

  24-09-2023 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes says he sees himself as the type of leader who wants to build a family atmosphere on the team where everybody feels welcome.
  “It’s definitely not a dictatorship,” he said Sunday as the NHL team completed its training camp and started pre-season exhibition games ahead of its Oct. 11 season opener against the visiting Edmonton Oilers.
  “There’s going to be lots of guys speaking up or have different roles and feel
  
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• President Macron says France will end its military presence in Niger and pull ambassador after coup

  24-09-2023 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country after its democratically elected president was deposed in a coup.
  The announcement is a significant, if predicted, blow to France’s policy in Africa, after French troops pulled out of neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso in recent years after coups there. France had stationed thousands of troops in the region at the request of African lea
  
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• Toronto FC soundly beaten by New York City FC as winless road run reaches 19 games

  24-09-2023 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISON, N.J. — Toronto FC put on another toothless display on the road Sunday, soundly beaten 3-0 by New York City FC in an MLS game originally slated to kick off 17 1/2 hours earlier.
  The loss officially eliminated Toronto (4-16-10) from playoff contention, although any such hope had disappeared months ago. TFC has failed to make the playoffs the last three years after making the MLS Cup final three times between 2016 and 2019, lifting the trophy in 2017.
  Andrés Perea opened the
  
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• Two spotted owls from provincial protection program, released into Fraser Canyon

  24-09-2023 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER CANYON — Two male northern spotted owls, named ‘sítist’ and ‘wíkcn,’ were released into protected habitat in the Fraser Canyon as part of an ongoing collaborative effort between the Province of British Columbia and the Spuzzum First Nation to recover the dwindling northern spotted owl populations in the wild.
  The birds were assessed for their health and readiness before being released. The owls demonstrated their ability to capture live prey and
  
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• QMJHL names new top goaltender award after legendary netminder Patrick Roy

  24-09-2023 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s goaltender of the year will be honoured with a trophy bearing the name of a legend between the pipes and behind the bench.
  The league unveiled the Patrick-Roy Trophy on Sunday at a press conference at Videotron Centre, home of the Memorial Cup champion Quebec Remparts.
  The new award, named in honour of Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy, will be given to the top goaltender as judged by a number of factors.
  Eligible goaltenders
  
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• B.C. frog relocation project aims to better understand conservation ... - Chilliwack Progress

  24-09-2023 21:00
  
  B.C. frog relocation project aims to better understand conservation ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Jewish group demands apology after MPs honoured man who fought for Nazis

  24-09-2023 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Several Jewish advocacy organizations are condemning members of Parliament for giving a standing ovation to a man who fought for a Nazi unit during the Second World War.
  During Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Ottawa on Friday, MPs honoured 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka in the House of Commons. 
  Hunka was invited by Speaker Anthony Rota, who introduced him as a war hero who fought for the First Ukrainian Division. 
  That division was also known as the
  
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• Canucks sign defenceman Sawyer Mynio to three-year, entry-level contract

  24-09-2023 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have signed defenceman Sawyer Mynio to a three-year, entry level contract. 
  Vancouver selected the six-foot-one, 173-pound defenceman in the third round, 89th overall, at the 2023 NHL draft.
  Mynio had 31 points (five goals, 26 assists) and 40 penalty minutes in 68 games with the Western Hockey League’s Seattle Thunderbirds last season.
  The 18-year-old from Kamloops, B.C., added a goal and three assists in the playoffs as the Thunderbirds won the
  
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• Canadian women’s volleyball team beats Czechia, now must wait for possible Paris spot

  24-09-2023 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NINGBO, China — Canada finished its run at the Women’s Volleyball Olympic Qualifying Tournament with a 3-0 win over Czechia on Sunday.
  Set scores were 25-20, 25-19 and 25-21, and Kiera Van Ryk led Canada with a match-high 17 total points.
  The solid win was bittersweet, as Canada finishes third out of eight teams in Pool A with the top two teams earning a berth to Paris 2024.
  Canada finished at 5-2, with its losses coming against Pool A winner Dominican Republic (6-1) and runner-up Se
  
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• Quebec public security probes domestic violence bracelet failure near Montreal

  24-09-2023 18:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s Public Security Department will probe why a tracking bracelet system deployed in the province to prevent domestic violence suspects from approaching complainants did not work earlier this month in a town south of Montreal.
  The department said in a statement last week that on Sept. 9, an offender managed to get close to the victim in a suspected domestic violence case without the alarm triggering in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, south of Montreal.
  Authorities say normally
  
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• PHOTOS: Fire destroys Surrey home, displacing 4 families - Chilliwack Progress

  24-09-2023 18:38
  
  PHOTOS: Fire destroys Surrey home, displacing 4 families  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• One dead, two injured after building collapses in north-end Montreal

  24-09-2023 18:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A man has died and two others were injured after the partial collapse of a building on Saturday afternoon in Montreal.
  The city’s Fire Department said firefighters discovered the body of the man at about 10:15 p.m. in the rubble of the building in the Montréal-Nord borough.
  Authorities say the concrete slab of the ground floor of the building collapsed just before 4 p.m. in a section where work was possibly underway.
  Firefighters discovered the victims in the baseme
  
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• BC Culture Days kicks off across the province

  24-09-2023 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vibrant colors, melodies, and an air of excitement filled the small town of Quesnel as BC Culture Days was officially launched Saturday (Sept. 23). The event, a celebration of arts, culture, and heritage, has planned events in communities across the province through October 16.
  Lana Popham, the Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, and Sport, is excited about the arrival of BC Culture Days. “BC Culture Days is an incredible opportunity for everyone to showcase, learn, and e
  
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• NASA’s first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft

  24-09-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey.
  In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 63,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) out. The small capsule landed four hours later on a remote expanse of military land, as the mothership set off after another asteroid.
  Scientists estimate the capsule holds at least a cup of rubble from the carbon-rich asteroid known as Bennu, but won’
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of September 24, 2023

  24-09-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.
  Name: Timothy Dale BornykAge: 47
  Height: 6’0” ft Weight: 181 lbsHair: BrownEyes: Blue
  Wanted: Assault with a Weapon, Dangerous Operation of a Conveyance, Flight from Police, and Breach of Release Order x5
  Warrant in effect: September 18, 2023
  Parole Jurisdiction: SurreyName: Fabian BrownAge: 49
  Height: 6’3” ftHair: Bald Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Kidnapping
  
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• Usher to headline the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas

  24-09-2023 16:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Usher has a new confession: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show in Las Vegas.
  The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Usher would lead the halftime festivities from Allegiant Stadium on Feb. 11. The music megastar, who has won eight Grammys, said he’s looking forward to performing on the NFL’s biggest stage.
  “It’s an honor of a lifetime to finally check a Super Bowl performance off my bucket l
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs fall to Victoria in BCHL home opener

  24-09-2023 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Oliver Genest’s goal with 1:56 left in the second period stood up as the game winner as the Victoria Grizzlies beat the Chilliwack Chiefs 4 – 3 Saturday (Sept. 23) night at the Chilliwack Coliseum.
  Brian Morse opened the scoring for the Chiefs just 83 seconds into the game with his first goal of the season.However, the Grizzlies answered back with two goals to carry a 2 – 1 lead into the first intermission.
  The Chiefs tied it on Mateo Mrsic’s quick wris
  
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• Canada to get rare asteroid sample after OSIRIS-REx drops cargo to Earth on Sunday

  24-09-2023 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Seven years after it blasted into space to snag a sample of an asteroid, a spacecraft is set to deliver its rare cargo on Sunday — and Canada is getting a piece of the interstellar bounty.
  The NASA-led mission launched OSIRIS-REx into space in 2016 to collect from the surface of an asteroid material that scientists hope will offer them insight into the formation of the solar system. The spacecraft began orbiting the asteroid — called Bennu — in 2018 and grabbed
  
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• A year after Fiona, a traumatized Newfoundland town backs away from the sea

  24-09-2023 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — One year after a wave driven by post-tropical storm Fiona slammed into the back of her house and twisted it like a corkscrew, Lori Dicks now lives up on a hill, far from the water.
  She still has a view of the ocean, but she’s far enough away that there’s no chance it will swell up and swallow her entire life again like it did on the morning of Sept. 24, 2022, in Port aux Basques, N.L.
  “I still think about it all the time. So much change has happen
  
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• B.C. mule deer stressed by wildfire, but still much to learn about wildlife impacts

  24-09-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Proof that deer experienced elevated stress in response to wildfires in British Columbia’s southern Interior can be found in their poop, although researchers say there’s still much to learn about what increasingly severe blazes mean for wildlife.
  Shaun Freeman, a wildlife and habitat biologist with the Skeetchestn First Nation, said his team began gathering mule deer pellets in August 2021, while two large fires were still burning in the area between Cache Creek and Kamloops, B.C.
  Th
  
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• Chiefs Drop Close Match Against Grizzlies

  24-09-2023 07:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  By Ryleigh Mulvihill
  CHILLIWACK- Oliver Genest scored his first goal in the BCHL late in the second period to lead the Victoria Grizzlies to a 4-3 win in a tight game at the Chilliwack Coliseum Saturday night.With 1:56 left in the second period the Sanford, ME native bounced a puck through traffic that snuck past Chilliwack Chiefs goalie Vladimir Nikitin to give the Grizzlies the deciding goal.The Victoria Grizzlies (1-1-0) earned their first win of the 2023-2024 season, while they hand the Chil
  
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• Maya Turner becomes first woman to score in U Sports regular-season football game

  24-09-2023 04:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — University of Manitoba Bisons kicker Maya Turner had a day to remember on Saturday.
  Turner became the first woman to play and score in a regular-season U Sports football game and capped it off by kicking a game-winning field goal to lead the Bisons past the University of Regina Rams 27-24 at IG Field.
  “I’m so excited. It was such an unreal experience,” said Turner postgame. “I think since the last field goal I’ve just been full of adrenaline and exc
  
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• Almada leads Atlanta United into postseason with 4-1 victory over Montreal

  24-09-2023 04:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Thiago Almada had a goal and two assists and Atlanta United wrapped up a spot in the postseason with a 4-1 victory over CF Montreal on Saturday night.
  Xande Silva picked up his second goal in his seventh appearance for Atlanta United (13-8-10), using an assist from Saba Lobjanidze and Giorgos Giakoumakis in the 30th minute for a 1-0 lead. Silva added an assist three minutes later on Almada’s 10th goal of the campaign for a 2-0 lead.
  Montreal (11-15-4) pulled within a g
  
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• Kelly throws two touchdown passes as Argos earn season sweep of Ticats

  24-09-2023 04:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Chad Kelly threw two touchdown passes as the Toronto Argonauts defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 29-14 on Saturday night to sweep the season series.
  Toronto (12-1) earned its first four-game sweep of Hamilton since 2006. The Argos have downed their arch rivals in six straight contests and 10-of-11 overall, delighting the energetic BMO Field gathering of 15,549.
  Kelly’s nine-yard strike to Dejon Brissett _ his second TD of the game _ at 14:44 of the third quarter gave Toronto
  
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• Canada’s Charles (Air) Jourdain wins by first-round submission on UFC card in Vegas

  24-09-2023 03:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS — Canadian featherweight Charles (Air) Jourdain made short work of Ricardo (Carcacinha) Ramos on Saturday, submitting the Brazilian in the first round on a UFC Fight Night card.
  Jourdain (15-6-1) scored with some early body kicks and punches. And when Ramos tried to take him down, the Canadian grabbed hold of his neck. They went to the ground with Ramos on top but Jourdain maintained the choke. The Brazilian evaded the hold and got back in top position.
  Jourdain escaped with a sw
  
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• Josh Lowe’s 4 RBIs lead Blue Jays over Rays 7-6 as 20-year Junior Caminero makes debut

  24-09-2023 02:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Josh Lowe hit a three-run homer and a walk-off single that capped a two-run ninth inning, lifting Tampa Bay over the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on Saturday after the Rays wasted a five-run lead.
  Rays prospect Junior Caminero made his big league debut at 20 years, 80 days and went 1 for 4 with a walk. He beat out what would have been an inning-ending, double-play grounder in the ninth — the initial out call by first base umpire Alex Tosi was reversed in a video
  
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• Man charged with first-degree murder in shooting death of RCMP officer

  24-09-2023 01:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A 25-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of an RCMP officer in Coquitlam.
  Police allege Nicholas Bellemare fatally shot Ridge Meadows RCMP Const. Rick O’Brien on Friday during a drug investigation originating in Maple Ridge.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team and the Coquitlam and Ridge Meadows RCMP detachments issued a joint statement saying Mounties were executing a warrant when an altercation began between Bellemare and
  
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• Dabrowski, Routliffe lose in women’s doubles final at Guadalajara Open

  24-09-2023 01:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand lost 3-6, 6-2, 10-4 to first-seeded Storm Hunter of Australia and Belgium’s Elise Mertens in the Guadalajara Open women’s doubles final on Saturday.
  Dabrowski and Routliffe, who was born in Auckland but grew up in Ontario and previously represented Canada, were the tournament’s third seed after winning the U.S. Open together earlier this month.
  The duo had seven double faults
  
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• Alouettes snap four-game losing skid with 28-11 road win over Stampeders

  24-09-2023 01:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Backup quarterback Caleb Evans ran for a pair of touchdowns to lead the Montreal Alouettes to a 28-11 win over the Calgary Stampeders at McMahon Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
  William Stanback also caught a touchdown pass from starting quarterback Cody Fajardo for the Alouettes (7-7), who snapped a four-game losing streak with the victory in front of 22,321 fans in Calgary.
  David Cote kicked a pair of field goals, while Joseph Zema booted a single.
  Reggie Begelton had a receiving
  
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• Ireland edges South Africa in Rugby World Cup clash of titans. England romp and Portugal draw

  24-09-2023 00:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Ireland defeated defending champion South Africa 13-8 in a No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown at the Rugby World Cup that exceeded the hype on Saturday at Stade de France.
  In a low-scoring but ferociously gripping match, both sides scored a try but Ireland slotted all of its goalkicks while South Africa missed four of five, leaving 11 points in the wind.
  Right winger Mack Hansen scored Ireland’s try after 33 minutes — the first South Africa conceded in this tournament &mdash
  
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• American Taylor Fritz claims fifth straight win for Team World at Laver Cup

  24-09-2023 00:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Team World started the second day of the Laver Cup international tennis tournament with a win as it raced out to a six-point lead over Team Europe.
  American Taylor Fritz beat Russian Andrey Rublev 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) to extend Team World’s dominance in the three-day competition.
  Fritz and Rublev traded aces back and forth, with each benefiting from a strong serve.
  But Fritz dominated up close, winning 14 of his 77 total points at the net.
  Matches on the first day of the compet
  
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• MATCHDAY: Real Madrid visits Atletico in their first derby of the season, PSG hosts Marseille

  24-09-2023 00:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Sunday:
  ENGLAND
  Ange Postecoglou faces his first north London derby as Tottenham manager with Spurs flying high in the Premier League. A win at Arsenal on Sunday would be a statement of intent after Spurs’ unbeaten start in the league. But history is against Postecoglou. Arsenal has dominated this fixture, last losing at home to Tottenham in the league in 2011. Liverpool, which is level on points with Tottenham and Arsenal, hosts West
  
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• Sikh groups ask Canadian political parties to present ‘united front’ against India

  24-09-2023 00:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Two groups in the Canadian Sikh diaspora are calling for Canada’s political parties to “present a united front” on India after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a “potential link” between the shooting death of a local leader and the Indian government.
  In a joint statement, the Ontario Gurdwaras Committee and the British Columbia Gurdwaras Council say that “Canadian parties of all stripes must be unequivocally clear” about their opposition to possib
  
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